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Anat.a large duct that transports bile from the liver to the duodenum, having in humans and many other vertebrates a side branch to a gallbladder for bile storage.[1765-75]
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bile duct — n a duct by which bile passes from the liver or gallbladder to the duodenum * * * any of the ducts that convey bile from the liver. Bile is drained from the liver cells by many small ducts that unite to form the main bile duct of the liver, the… … Medical dictionary
bile duct — bile′ duct n. anat. a common duct that transports bile from the liver and gall bladder to the small intestine • Etymology: 1765–75 … From formal English to slang
bile duct — ► NOUN ▪ the tube which conveys bile from the liver and the gall bladder to the duodenum … English terms dictionary
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bile duct — noun a duct formed by the hepatic and cystic ducts; opens into the duodenum • Syn: ↑common bile duct • Hypernyms: ↑duct, ↑epithelial duct, ↑canal, ↑channel • Part Holonyms: ↑liver … Useful english dictionary
bile duct — any of the ducts that convey bile from the liver. Bile is drained from the liver cells by many small ducts into the right and left hepatic ducts, which unite to form the main bile duct of the liver, the common hepatic duct. This joins the cystic… … The new mediacal dictionary
bile duct — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms bile duct : singular bile duct plural bile ducts medical a tube in the body that carries bile from your liver and your gall bladder to your small intestine … English dictionary
bile duct cancer — Cancer that forms in a bile duct. A bile duct is a tube that carries bile (fluid made by the liver that helps digest fat) between the liver and gallbladder and the intestine. Bile ducts include the common hepatic, cystic, and common bile ducts.… … English dictionary of cancer terms
bile duct — noun Date: 1774 a duct by which bile passes from the liver or gallbladder to the duodenum … New Collegiate Dictionary
bile duct — noun the duct which conveys bile from the liver and the gall bladder to the duodenum … English new terms dictionary
